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Emerging planning policy

Issues and options

We are reviewing our Local Plan which provides the planning framework for the parts of the district outside of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.

Local development scheme

The local development scheme (LDS) sets out a timetable for the preparation of the Local Plan 2018-39 documents.

Evidence base

A list of the documents relating to the local plan review and the recent preferred options consultation (now closed).

Preferred options

The preferred options consultation has now closed and a summary of representations will be published shortly.

Past consultations

Details of our past consultations.

Local green spaces

The Open Spaces Society published its Charter for Open Spaces (England) (August 2020). 

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